Proponents of legalized
abortion claim that the criminalization of abortion would result in the
deaths of thousands of woman yearly. However, the year before abortion was
legalized, the number of deaths due to illegal abortions was 41, which was
not markedly more than the number of deaths from legal abortions.

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